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Adobe unveiled the winners of its tenth annual student prize Adobe Design Achievement Awards this week, with a UK student, Napatsawan Chirayukool, topping the animation category. Chirayukool, from Kingston University,
From the shadows
Next week, the Victoria & Albert Museum hosts the first exhibition of work by contemporary camera-less photographers in a UK museum. The exhibition, which has been curated by the V&A’s
Editor’s blog
The London Design Festival is well behind us now, but other creative celebrations continue. Cardiff is still in the throes of its annual designfest and the likes of Barcelona and
Web Stories
Below are the top online news stories published by Design Week over the past week. Magazine subscribers can sign up for free e-mail alerts and access the archive at www.designweek.co.uk.
Voxpop
Webb & Webb has rebranded classic toy Playplax. What was your favourite childhood toy and why?
Peter & Paul brands BBC-backed village community project
Peter & Paul has been appointed to develop the branding for Taste Tideswell, a community-led project supported by the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC.
Predicted rise in passengers triggers retail revamp by JHP at Bordeaux-Merignac airport
JHP is redeveloping the ’retail masterplan’ of Bordeaux-Merignac airport’s two original terminal buildings in France.
Ale and arty
French band Phoenix has worked with Inventory Studio and Valero Doval to create a series of limited-edition labels for bottles and cans for Beck’s beer.
Harp sharpens up
Holmes & Marchant has redesigned the packaging for Northern Irish lager Harp.
Latest articles
Notorious Nooch branding aims to reflect how vegans are eating today
The product and its branding are the brainchild of Wildish & Co design studio, and aims to bring the category’s branding “out of the 80s”.
Behind the Anonymous mask: how V for Vendetta created a timeless symbol of protest
A new exhibition at the Cartoon Museum reveals the history of 1980s graphic novel V for Vendetta and how its signature design endures today.
Design Week’s guide to London Design Biennale 2021
Initially postponed last year due to the pandemic, the month-long event is returning to the capital in June – here’s what we think you need to see.
Pinterest reveals a new “democratic and optimistic” visual identity
Designed with Made Thought studio, the future-facing look for the image sharing platform seeks to embrace “humanity” and resist tech clichés.
